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Quote by George Eliot
There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would ha

There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms. – George Eliot

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Of what use, however, is a general certainty that an insect will not walk with his head hindmost, when what you need to know is the play of inward stimulus that sends him hither and thither in a network of possible paths? – George Eliot

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In spite of his practical ability, some of his experience had petrified into maxims and quotations. – George Eliot

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People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates. – Thomas Szasz, “Personal Conduct,” The Second Sin, 1973

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To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy in the field, than their own hearts in their closet. – Charles Caleb Colton, Lacon, 1825

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The truth is that it is natural, as well as necessary, for every man to be a vagabond occasionally. – Samuel H. Hammond

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There is an eternal landscape, a geography of the soul; we search for its outlines all our lives. – Josephine Hart

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An optimist is merely an ex-pessimist with his pockets full of money, his digestion in good condition, and his wife in the country. – Helen Rowland

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Your schooling may be over, but remember that your education still continues. – Author Unknown

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